Roosevelt Middle School
International Baccalaureate Magnet
Site Governance Team
October 28, 2008
Present:
Lucinda Bernardino, Mary Lewis, Christina Schaefer, Debbie Christensen, Stacy North, Jennifer Jay, Allison Brown, Trisha Chung, Scott Lockwood, Arlene Spaniol, Bev Rambicure, Fran Donovan
The meeting was called to order @ 1:40
New Business:
1. Moving minimum day
2. Discipline/Tardies- how are the policies working out so far this year
3. Peer Peace Patrol - during lunch by ASB
4. Public Outreach
Composition of SGT
A new list of SGT members was created by Arlene Spaniol based on the minutes and discussion of the last meeting.
Moving Minimum Day
I (scott) suggested the idea of moving our minimum day from Tuesday to Wednesday so that teachers could have more time with students on Tuesdays as currently teachers only see those students twice a week. Jennifer suggested moving it to Monday instead so that on holiday weeks, teachers would not lose time.
A main factor affecting minimum day is busing. Next year no busing available for students in Memorial's area (Chavez, Logan, Kimbrough...), which will mean less busing next year--only magnet and students with disabilities. Danieza is notifying parents this year.
Carmen is going to contact the district to see what's possible about moving the minimum day as the committee favors moving the day.
Discipline/Tardies- how are the policies working out so far this year?
Activities/Sports--Bev continues to monitor students who are academically at-risk with a form that was developed last year, collecting each student's form with teachers' signatures. There is some disagreement about this process as it is time consuming (coaches have more paperwork, etc.), but the majority of SGT still favors this intervention and support for at-risk students. Students learn what will be expected in high school (Allison) in this process. Bev uses a weekly contract, but some parents request daily contracts, which we accommodate.
Tardies: The location for lunch detention may move to 207, but they are continuing each day at lunch tables. There is concern that students who are habitually tardy to all classes are not receiving adequate consequences. Trisha says that the counselors are making calls after they run weekly reports. Teachers don't know if counselors are calling home. Parents see the tardies on the progress reports (Brown), but may not be informed otherwise. Students who arrive in the last ten minutes should be marked absent (Bernardino) and sometimes they are not marked "tardy exceeds 30 min." Tardies also trigger automatic parent phone calls in Zangle (Garcia).
Counselors will send out all-staff e-mails to the teams regarding the status of chronically tardy students (not listing student names) following tardy meetings, every two weeks.
Peer Peace Patrol - during lunch by ASB
Can students, perhaps ASB students or any students, be involved in promoting a safe environment during lunch? Students could earn community and service hours for this. Eighth graders might be the best group to target as more natural campus leaders for the 7th/8th lunch. This is another opportunity to promote our IB theme, sharing our humanity. Who will take this on? Maybe we can start with eighth grade students who were a part of the Tarik Kamisa program in seventh grade last year.
Christina Scheafer will research programs. Trisha will ask Lauren for names of students who participated in TKF last year. This program could also include or connect to Circle of Friends, which needs more support (Donovan). Jay will look into the "Safe and Civil Schools" program. The nation-wide "Mix-it-up" day also ties into this (Spaniol).
Public Outreach
A number of parents are interested in promoting the school. Ideas:
-Go to the elementary school events with parents and students with school materials
-Roosevelt needs to be rebranded to reflect it's current IB curriculum
-Testimonials from past and current students and parents need to be a central part of this marketing
-500 plus current students come from our local neighborhoods, but there are 1500 in our area (100 attend Marston, 100 attend PB Middle, the rest are divided among other schools...)
-Ken and Carmen are developing an action plan, but we need a committee for this (volunteers: Lockwood, Jay; Connie Maginn, Christina Scheafer, Miriam Buchanan)
-We also need to recruit more students through the magnet (money is available)
Round table
Allison Brown--Florida Canyon clean up is tomorrow, ranger to speak, huge pizza party, big community service even; attendance is high (265 students on Wednesday); Extended day math and reading begin Monday along with a late bus
Trisha Chung/Counseling--Math moves are pending for QEIA requirements
Dr. Garcia--Superintendent Terry Grier is visiting tomorrow and will be on RooTube (go TG)
English--Benchmark Exams (there are five district-wide exams) are now scored on site and students can get individual reports the next class, showing their results and which standards, or specific reading and writing skills need work.
Ann/Languages/electives--concerned about students with multiple Fs
Lucinda Bernardino (EL)--Concerned that students could be moved into her class without notice or for the wrong reasons (behavior); Lucinda also survived a near fatal traffic accident involving a SDUSD truck this morning
Mary Lewis/SPED--There is a new district-wide test (CMA) for students with IEPs who are exempt from the CST.
Debbie Christensen/Math--The math benchmarks were given at least two weeks before the end of the planned unit making some of the benchmark results questionable.
Stacy/Read 180--The computers have not worked all year and it is seriously compromising the overall program effectiveness of the program. Ken is doing all he can, but more needs to be done.
Jennifer Jay/History, GATE--History teachers have all picked a new strategy/technique to add to their practice this year; the GATE symposium has added a book club/literature circle now
Parking Lot
Students in language electives with three, four, five, six Fs
Interventions for multiple D and F students
School-wide grading policies
International Baccalaureate Magnet
Site Governance Team
October 28, 2008
Present:
Lucinda Bernardino, Mary Lewis, Christina Schaefer, Debbie Christensen, Stacy North, Jennifer Jay, Allison Brown, Trisha Chung, Scott Lockwood, Arlene Spaniol, Bev Rambicure, Fran Donovan
The meeting was called to order @ 1:40
New Business:
1. Moving minimum day
2. Discipline/Tardies- how are the policies working out so far this year
3. Peer Peace Patrol - during lunch by ASB
4. Public Outreach
Composition of SGT
A new list of SGT members was created by Arlene Spaniol based on the minutes and discussion of the last meeting.
Moving Minimum Day
I (scott) suggested the idea of moving our minimum day from Tuesday to Wednesday so that teachers could have more time with students on Tuesdays as currently teachers only see those students twice a week. Jennifer suggested moving it to Monday instead so that on holiday weeks, teachers would not lose time.
A main factor affecting minimum day is busing. Next year no busing available for students in Memorial's area (Chavez, Logan, Kimbrough...), which will mean less busing next year--only magnet and students with disabilities. Danieza is notifying parents this year.
Carmen is going to contact the district to see what's possible about moving the minimum day as the committee favors moving the day.
Discipline/Tardies- how are the policies working out so far this year?
Activities/Sports--Bev continues to monitor students who are academically at-risk with a form that was developed last year, collecting each student's form with teachers' signatures. There is some disagreement about this process as it is time consuming (coaches have more paperwork, etc.), but the majority of SGT still favors this intervention and support for at-risk students. Students learn what will be expected in high school (Allison) in this process. Bev uses a weekly contract, but some parents request daily contracts, which we accommodate.
Tardies: The location for lunch detention may move to 207, but they are continuing each day at lunch tables. There is concern that students who are habitually tardy to all classes are not receiving adequate consequences. Trisha says that the counselors are making calls after they run weekly reports. Teachers don't know if counselors are calling home. Parents see the tardies on the progress reports (Brown), but may not be informed otherwise. Students who arrive in the last ten minutes should be marked absent (Bernardino) and sometimes they are not marked "tardy exceeds 30 min." Tardies also trigger automatic parent phone calls in Zangle (Garcia).
Counselors will send out all-staff e-mails to the teams regarding the status of chronically tardy students (not listing student names) following tardy meetings, every two weeks.
Peer Peace Patrol - during lunch by ASB
Can students, perhaps ASB students or any students, be involved in promoting a safe environment during lunch? Students could earn community and service hours for this. Eighth graders might be the best group to target as more natural campus leaders for the 7th/8th lunch. This is another opportunity to promote our IB theme, sharing our humanity. Who will take this on? Maybe we can start with eighth grade students who were a part of the Tarik Kamisa program in seventh grade last year.
Christina Scheafer will research programs. Trisha will ask Lauren for names of students who participated in TKF last year. This program could also include or connect to Circle of Friends, which needs more support (Donovan). Jay will look into the "Safe and Civil Schools" program. The nation-wide "Mix-it-up" day also ties into this (Spaniol).
Public Outreach
A number of parents are interested in promoting the school. Ideas:
-Go to the elementary school events with parents and students with school materials
-Roosevelt needs to be rebranded to reflect it's current IB curriculum
-Testimonials from past and current students and parents need to be a central part of this marketing
-500 plus current students come from our local neighborhoods, but there are 1500 in our area (100 attend Marston, 100 attend PB Middle, the rest are divided among other schools...)
-Ken and Carmen are developing an action plan, but we need a committee for this (volunteers: Lockwood, Jay; Connie Maginn, Christina Scheafer, Miriam Buchanan)
-We also need to recruit more students through the magnet (money is available)
Round table
Allison Brown--Florida Canyon clean up is tomorrow, ranger to speak, huge pizza party, big community service even; attendance is high (265 students on Wednesday); Extended day math and reading begin Monday along with a late bus
Trisha Chung/Counseling--Math moves are pending for QEIA requirements
Dr. Garcia--Superintendent Terry Grier is visiting tomorrow and will be on RooTube (go TG)
English--Benchmark Exams (there are five district-wide exams) are now scored on site and students can get individual reports the next class, showing their results and which standards, or specific reading and writing skills need work.
Ann/Languages/electives--concerned about students with multiple Fs
Lucinda Bernardino (EL)--Concerned that students could be moved into her class without notice or for the wrong reasons (behavior); Lucinda also survived a near fatal traffic accident involving a SDUSD truck this morning
Mary Lewis/SPED--There is a new district-wide test (CMA) for students with IEPs who are exempt from the CST.
Debbie Christensen/Math--The math benchmarks were given at least two weeks before the end of the planned unit making some of the benchmark results questionable.
Stacy/Read 180--The computers have not worked all year and it is seriously compromising the overall program effectiveness of the program. Ken is doing all he can, but more needs to be done.
Jennifer Jay/History, GATE--History teachers have all picked a new strategy/technique to add to their practice this year; the GATE symposium has added a book club/literature circle now
Parking Lot
Students in language electives with three, four, five, six Fs
Interventions for multiple D and F students
School-wide grading policies